Shanty Lyrics

The hope and the anchor Lies between levels and layers Two places to be The land and the sea The road and the grave The snakes and the ladders The sadder and sadder Lies b...Read Full Lyrics

Old fox walking over ice Listening for cracks Below water a pit Above fire, brilliance, beauty No one is around (Below water) Young fox dips his tail And goes tumbling in Behind t...Read Full Lyrics

The year they bombed the LA Times And paid the jury off with bribes Did you need me to defend you? The year I came unglued The thought of him in bed with you Drank myself into...Read Full Lyrics

Oh let's not think of tomorrow Lest we disappointed be Our joys may turn to sorrow As we all may daily see Today we may be strong and healthy But soon there comes a change ...Read Full Lyrics

The seed of the devil lives on in men Verses 4,5,6 chapters 8,9,10 The Landlords and the ranters with their foot on your neck Oh I love the Union and Glory Hallelujah! Line o...Read Full Lyrics

Heat and dust A shout above the din Pushed into the corner The creeping little thing Down in the basement the ugly band plays In the middle of the night A light behind th...Read Full Lyrics

Coal tar circles on the back of a stone. Black pools of Standing water. Mother's lying down. Mother's lying down. Dad, he was a traitor Skin soft and pale with desire. Will you re...Read Full Lyrics

There's trouble down south Metal keens through die air Numbers are falling one by one Sky fills with blades, sound falls from above Smoke rolls through the trees Secure that secto...Read Full Lyrics

Why must you talk so loudly when I am on your mind? My caution's lost to vengence as you snore Now I'll cut out your tongue 'cos you have said enough Watch the blood drip down t...Read Full Lyrics

The warm summer sun at the end of the day before an evening that lasts forever. Gently sleeping on the soft green grass or riaing out on a frosty morning. Happiness in the freezing...Read Full Lyrics